Barrel-jack.



A. R. DAUGHER'i'Y.

BARREL JACK.

APPLICATION FILED 1111.7, 1914.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914 nnrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER R. DAUGHE-RTY 0F KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA.

BARREL-JACK.

' Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Jacks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in barrel jacks.

The object of my invention is to provide a barrel jack in which a barrel can be readily lifted and supported. off the ground in a horizontal position so that the oil can be' readily drawn from the barrel, and so constructed that the barrel is slightly tilted so that all of the oil can be readily drawn without moving the barrel.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap and more effective barrel jack having certain details of structure and operation hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing-Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved jack showin a barrel supported thereby. Fig. 2 is a si e elevation showing the barrel tilted into the cross-arms of the jack and in the act of being raised from the ground.

I am aware that devices have been made for raising a barrel from the ground and conveying it from place to place, but my improved jackis especially designed for raising' and supporting a barrel of gasolene in private garages and heretofore .it has been necessary to tilt the barrel each time that the gasolene is drawn from the barrel.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 and 2 represent two cross-arms which are mortised together about midway their end and secured together by plates 1 and 2', secured to the cross arms by means of bolts 3, and said arms above said connection being of such a length and arranged at such an angle that the ordinary barrel now in use will readily fit between the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described. The lower end of the cross arms 1 and 2 are connected together by a brace 4:, bolted to the arms by the bolts 5 and 6, which prevent the lower ends of the cross-arms from separating by the weight of the barrel'between the upper ends above the connection.

Located below the connection 3 of the cross-arms l and 2, isan elongated arm 7.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed January 7, 1814. Serial No. 810,699.

The plate 1 at its lower end is provided with a tongue 3, which extends at an obtuse angle to the plate andis secured to the upper face of the elongated arm 7. The plate 2 1S provided with a tongue t' which extends at an acute angle to the plate and is secured to the upper face of the-arm 7 wherebythe arm is firmly held in its oblique position in respect to the cross arms 1 and 2. The said arm 7 has a short portion forward of the cross-arms 1 and 2, and a longer portion 9 in rear of the cross-arms 1 and 2. EX- tending from the end of the longer portion 9 of the cross-arms and connected thereto, is a brace 10, which is bolted at 11 to the brace 4, and extends forwardly and is secured at 12 to the forward end of the short portion 8 of the arm 7. The rear longer portion 9 of the arm 7, as shown in Fig. 1, is adapted to supportthe rear end of the barrel, and the forward portion 8, being shorter than the portion 9, allows the barrel to be supported in a slightly tilted position.

In operation the jack is placed in the position shown in Fig. 2, with the longer portion 9 of the arms 7 upon the ground at the base or head of the barrel, and the barrel is tilted between the upper ends of the crossarms 1 and 2 and supported thereby. The barrel is then raised; the lower ends of the cross-arms l and 2 form the fulcrum point on the ground and the barrel is raised or rocked until the shorter portion 8 of the arm 7 rest upon the ground, when it will be seen that the cross-arms 1 and 2 assume a forwardly inclined position past a vertical line, whereby the weight of the barrel is past a vertical line and is supported, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The barrel is tapped in the usual manner and it is being slightly tilted forward, it will be seen that all of the oil can be drawn from the barrel without tilting it. This structure provides a very simple, cheap and effective barrel jack, which can be readily handled and in which any person can place a barrel therein and raise it from the ground in a position whereby the barrel can be tapped and the oil drawn therefrom.

While I have shown and described this specific manner of bracing the jack, it will be understood that the same can be varied without departing from my invention.

' Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1. A barrel jack comprising a member extending foot carried by the member and of a length less than that of the arm and adapted to engage the ground and adapted to support the member in a slightly forwardly inclined position whereby the barrel is tilted forwardly, substantially as shown and described.

3. A barrel jack comprising a member, adapted to embrace a barrel, an arm extending rearwardly and upwardly from said member and adapted to engage the rear end of a barrel, and a forwardly and downwardly inclined foot carried by the member and of a length less than that of the arm and adapted to engage the ground for supporting said member in a slightly-forwardly inclined position.

4. A barrel jack comprising two cross-- arms bolted. together adjacent their upper ends and between which the barrel is adapted to rest, a brace connected to the lower end of the arms and holding them in their spaced relation, an arm extending transverse the cross-arms and having its longer portion in rear thereof and adapted to support the rear end of the barrel and its forward end engaging the ground and supporting the cross-arms in a slightly forwardly inclined position.

5. A barrel jack comprising a member adapted to embrace a barrel, an arm extending transverse the said member and having its longer portion in rear of said member and adapted to support the end of the barrel and its forward portion engagingthe ground and supporting said barrel in a slightly forwardly inclined position.

6. A barrel jack comprising two crossarms secured together adjacent their upper end and adapted to embrace a portion of the barrel, a brace connecting the lower ends of the cross-arms, an arm extending transverse the cross-ar'ms below their connection and having its lower portion engaging the rear end of the barrel and its forward end adapted to engage the ground and support the cross-arms in a slightly forwardly in-- clined position, and a metal brace secured to the rear and forward ends of the arm and connected to the transverse brace of the cross-arms.

7. A barrel jack comprising a member adapted to embrace a barrel, an arm extending transverse the said member and at an angle thereto and having its longer portion in rear of the said member and adapted ing laterally extending tongues secured to the transverse arm, and a metal brace connected to the brace of the cross-arms and secured to the ends of the arm. 7

9. A barrel-jack comprising a forkmember adapted to receive a barrel, an upwardly and rearwardlyextending arm carried by the fork member, and adapted to .support the rear end of the barrel, and a downwardly and forwardl extendin arm carried by the forked mem er and a apted to engage the. ground for supporting the fork member in a 'slightly forwardly inclined position.

10. A barrel jack comprising av forkmember adapted to receive a barrel, a rearward extending arm carried by the forkmember and adapted to support the rear end of the barrel, and a forwardly extending foot carried by the fork-member and adapted to engage the ground for supporting the said forked member in a slightly forwardly inclined position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER R. DAUGHERTY.

' v Witnesses:

' J. D.-DAUGEERTY,

VERNA D; Dauc'rmnrr. 

